Never a strong center of industry and manufacturing, the city's economic base relies on the education, medical, technology and insurance industries.

Of a population estimated at 94, 000 before the Black Death of 1348, about 25, 000 are said to have been supported by the city's wool industry: in 1345 Florence was the scene of an attempted strike by wool combers ( ciompi ), who in 1378 rose up in a brief revolt against oligarchic rule in the Revolt of the Ciompi.

The foundation of the University of Leipzig in 1409 initiated the city's development into a centre of German law and the publishing industry, and towards being the location of the Reichsgericht ( Imperial Court of Justice ), and the German National Library ( founded in 1912 ).

Since 1974 the Kockums Crane had been a landmark in Malmö and a symbol of the city's manufacturing industry, but in 2002 it was disassembled and moved to South Korea.

The team is so named because of the city's association with the brewing industry.

As the city's name itself is a metonym for the country music industry, many popular tourist sites involve country music, including the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Belcourt Theatre, and Ryman Auditorium.

Civil War history is important to the city's tourism industry.

Key recordings included Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow, the first album to come out of San Francisco during this era, which sold well enough to bring the city's music scene to the attention of the record industry: from it they took two of the earliest psychedelic hit singles: " White Rabbit " ( 1967 ) and " Somebody to Love " ( 1967 ).

Manufacturing as a whole now employs fewer Toledoans than does the healthcare industry, now the city's biggest employer.

During the Second World War, Mobile's shipbuilding industry expanded and the city's population surged.

Another estimate was that in 2007, the financial services industry which had a $ 70 billion profit became 22 percent of the city's revenue.

Another estimate ( in 2006 ) was that the financial services industry makes up 9 % of the city's work force and 31 % of the tax base.

Since New York's financial industry provides almost one-fourth of all income produced in the city, and accounts for 10 % of the city's tax revenues and 20 % of the state's, the downturn has had huge repercussions for government treasuries.

* Northern District :, located on the 2nd and 3rd districts, it has a significant industrial activity ( mainly food ), being the Cervecería Boliviana Nacional ( Bolivian National Brewery ) the most significant industry founded by Germans, and one of the city's biggest companies in the country.

The city's economy mainly relies on tourism and services, however also partially on research, construction, pharmaceuticals and the petroleum industry.

In the nineteenth century Białystok was an important center for light industry which was the reason for the substantial growth of the city's population.

In the nineteenth century Białystok was an important center for light industry which was the reason for the substantial growth of the city's population.

By 1820 the city's silk industry had been killed by imported Indian muslins.

This exhibition also highlighted the city's hydropower industry and the region's tourist attractions.

Before being occupied by Romanian troops in 1941, a part of the city's population, industry, infrastructure and all cultural valuables possible were evacuated to inner regions of the USSR, and the retreating Red Army units destroyed as much as they could of Odessa harbour facilities left behind.

Historically, much of the city's industry was based on this rich agricultural hinterland and it is particularly noted for Limerick Ham.

Most of the city's limited light industry is located south of the main bridge.

The city's economy is largely reliant on heavy industry, including one of Russia's largest aluminum plants, lumber mills, chemical works, and a coal-fired power station.

Following the decline of the whisky industry locally, the city's economy has now diversified to include insurance and banking.

However, the city's conservative political climate and the emergence of Hollywood as a major film production center ended the city's film industry.

The promenade, for example, continues to take place on the Chahar Bagh, a mile-long garden of plane and poplar trees that now serves as the city's principal street.

The John Harvey arrived in Bari, a port on the Adriatic, on November 28th, making for Porto Nuovo, which, as the name indicates, was the ancient city's new and modern harbor.

He thereby precipitated a bitter controversy involving Protestants, Jews and Roman Catholics that continued for two months, until the city's Board of Hospitals lifted the ban on birth-control therapy.

Mrs. Knauer said she did not think dog owners should be penalized for the city's services to animal care.

He reported that the city's contributions for animal care included $67,000 to the Women's S.P.C.A. ; ;

The Portland school board was asked Monday to take a positive stand towards developing and coordinating with Portland's civil defense more plans for the city's schools in event of attack.

The Thrift Shop, with Mrs. Bernhard S. Blumenthal as president, is one of the city's most successful fund-raisers for the Federation of Jewish Agencies.

A half-dozen other stations in the New York area also bid for attention of the city's Negro population, up about 50 per cent in the past decade.

Herr Wangenheim has only recently become the city's music director, and is a young man with a clear flair for the podium.

She was not alone for there were three other such children in the big city's special nursery.

Traces of this hidden agenda of the city's history is found in the 18th century guidebooks to Aachen as well as to the other spas ; the main indication for visiting patients, ironically, was syphilis ; only by the end of the 19th century had rheuma become the most important object of cures at Aachen and Burtscheid.

Ann Arbor was founded in 1824, with one theory stating that it is named after the spouses of the city's founders and for the stands of trees in the area.

The first serious attempt to land an expansion team for the Phoenix area was mounted by Elyse Doherty and Martin Stone, owner of the Phoenix Firebirds, the city's triple-A minor league baseball team and the top affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.

As was standard for new Roman cities, Hadrian placed the city's main Forum at the junction of the main cardo and decumanus, now the location for the ( smaller ) Muristan.

Abd al-Rahman's warriors spilled into the city's streets, quickly thwarting al-Husayn's desires for independence.

All the city's fortifications were destroyed, aside from the citadel, which was left as residence of the governor and a garrison for the emiral troops.

After two previous failures, voters in the city passed a ballot measure in 2000 authorizing a bond measure for construction of a new library to replace the city's Carnegie library, damaged during the Loma Prieta earthquake.

In 1923, he purchased a small house at 7244 South Prairie Avenue in the Park Manor neighborhood on the city's south side for USD $ 5, 500.

The TV series emphasizes the boisterous nature of the team, led by manager Billy Martin, catcher Thurman Munson and outfielder Reggie Jackson, as well as the malaise of the Bronx and New York City in general during that time, such as the blackout, the city's serious financial woes and near bankruptcy, the arson for insurance payments, and the election of Ed Koch as mayor.

The city was sacked by the Samaritans in 529, but rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. Bethlehem was conquered by the Arab Caliphate of ' Umar ibn al-Khattāb in 637, who guaranteed safety for the city's religious shrines.

The section of lower Broadway from its origin at Bowling Green to City Hall Park is the historical location for the city's ticker-tape parades, and is sometimes called the " Canyon of Heroes " during such events.

It was especially important for preserving in its libraries manuscripts of Greek and Latin authors throughout a period when instability and disorder caused their mass-destruction in western Europe and north Africa: On the city's fall, thousands of these were brought by refugees to Italy, and played a key part in stimulating the Renaissance, and the transition to the modern world.

Consuls were responsible for the city's political agenda, commanded large-scale armies and controlled important provinces.

Egyptians today often refer to Cairo as Maṣr (), the Arabic pronunciation of the name for Egypt itself, emphasizing the city's continued role in Egyptian influence.